Strategic Warfighter Integration
Abstract
(1) Missile Defense Operations Support: - Manage and operate the MDA Operations Support Center (OSC) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and two MDA Operations Centers (MOCs) in Virginia and Alabama for daily execution of scheduled MDS activities; and prepare and transmit Logistic Reports. - Manage and execute the MDS Asset Management (BAM) process of planning, coordinating, scheduling and executing access to operational and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) assets operated by MDA and Warfighters dispersed globally with differing missions and competing priorities to facilitate assets in support of Warfighter BMD; Missile Warning/Space Surveillance (MW/SS) operations; MDA Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), training and sustainment activities. - Lead the MDA Operations Support Planning Team (OSPT), an MDA-wide task force supporting Warfighters, Services and the Joint Staff to address real-world contingencies and crisis events. - Develop MDS Annual Plan and MDS Operating Schedule facilitating key stakeholder coordination and maximizing operational availability of the MDS. - Develop and maintain the Integrated Scheduling Tool. - Facilitate major software/hardware additions to the Operational Capability Baseline for homeland/regional defenses. - Develop and maintain the MDS Operational Readiness Reporting System application to collect and report MDS operational availability and readiness data through the network-based tool to distribute data to Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), CCMDs, Joint Staff, Military Services, and MDS Operators. - Provide certification training to Ballistic Missile Defense Systems (BMDS) watch officers (BWO), BMDS Safety Officers (BSO), and other Operations Support Center staff. (2) Combatant Command Integration (United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and United States Space Command (USSPACECOM): - Support the Warfighter Involvement Process (WIP) and other MDA Warfighter engagement efforts by assisting Warfighters in their update to the annual MDS Prioritized Capabilities List (PCL) and Modification and Fielding Request List (MFRL). - Aid CCMD participation in missile defense capability definition, design, development, integration, and delivery processes through the WIP to synchronize capability delivery with operational readiness and acceptance. - Support Joint Functional Component Command Integrated Missile Defense (JFCC IMD) integration by participating in the Warfighter Forum (WFF) a multi-lateral information and decision event to address CCMD, Service and Department of Defense (DoD) MDS equities. - Assist USNORTHCOM in broadening homeland defense planning to address the full range of USNORTHCOM threats by conducting the Homeland Defense Architecture Working Group (HDAWG) and Shot Management Analysis Cell (SMAC). - Prepare MDA senior leadership for engagements with CCMDs. - Interface with CCMDs on MD operational issues by providing planning and analysis support and translating warfighter responses to MDA issues. - Manage the Warfighter Requests for Information (RFIs); Requests for Analyses (RFAs); and Requests for Allied Participation in Tests (RFT) processes. (3) Military Service Integration: - Facilitate and coordinate Service Boards of Directors (BODs) on Lead Service MDS related equities, Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development and execution; element fielding, operations and maintenance, and the MDS capability delivery process. - Maintain daily, strategic-level interfaces with Military Services and Joint Staff plan for the delivery, fielding, and operation of respective Lead Service MDS capabilities via senior-level working groups, General Officer Air and Missile Defense and Space forums. - Support transition and transfer to the Military Services through participation in senior-level working groups, Joint Staff directorates, and facilitate General Officer forums. (4) Operational MDS Verification and Validation: - Provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, global system verification and validation over the operational Common Integrated Broadcast, and Shared Early Warning System for MD early warning data. - Support Tactical Data Processor software development, MDA flight tests and other software development efforts using live real-world broadcasts of simulated missile threats. - Support Naval Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), Shipboard installation, Aegis On-Demand, Aegis program releases, US and Coalition operational readiness and BMD Exercise requirements to validate equipment, materiel, and tactical readiness while simultaneously providing deployment certification and crew operator qualification. - Verify operational readiness of both US and Coalition partners to detect a real-world launch of a ballistic threat. (5) Warfighter Training and Education Support: - Provide Missile Defense Space Warning tool (MDST) support to increase operator proficiency, competence, and confidence; provide initial qualification training; and ship certification for Aegis BMD crews. - Provide technical and programmatic updates for BMD Warfighter training; participates in MDS training and Education Working Group to coordinate MDS training issues with USSPACECOM and Joint Staff. - Support Fleet Synthetic and Aegis Operator Training to ensure operational readiness of Aegis as the first step in the kill chain for MD. - Provide Early Warning missile injects for MT03 war games and exercises and tailored support for other Joint Warfighter Support Test events (as listed in the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) and R-4/4A schedule). (6) Joint Staff Integration: - Facilitate and coordinate all Joint Staff interactions with the MDA. - Maintain daily, strategic-level interfaces with the Joint Staff. Specific and/or unique accomplishments for each FY are as follows:
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 97c43bb7ccec3d5657cf61c486d39874